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You'll need more than a day to discover everything Crystal Lake has to offer, you can camp at Holiday Travel Park, and there are plenty of people from Birmingham-Hoover here. Lake Wehapa Dam is striking and it's near Crystal Lake. There's so much to do here at Crystal Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama is a delightful site for that. Crystal Lake sees pretty high levels of rain; during March this area sees the most
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| | rain, and October meanwhile is the driest month. Summertime brings highs in the 80's to Crystal Lake. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 60's. During the wintertime this place gets highs in the 50's with temperatures at Crystal Lake dipping down into the 30's during winter nights.
So many fun things to do at Crystal Lake, so little time. After a long day outdoors Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham is a nice place to spend a night or | |
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two, and if you're looking for some flowing water? Try Big Branch. You could also go to Valley Lake since you're here at Crystal Lake; it's close by. This lake is so wonderful. Looking for something in the vicinity of Crystal Lake?
Mirror Lakes is in the vicinity, and if you need a location to stay Days Inn Leeds is a delightful choice.
If you're here, you might as well stop at Lowry Gap, and whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then, we recommend Cahaba River.
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Latitude: 33.47361
Longitude: -86.56139
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 7 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Cahaba River
| ...ys after a heavy rain so the current was nice and steady. If not for that I would have been exhausted from paddling across the flats. Luckily the scenery is good and there is plenty of wildlife to enjoy. The put in at Lovic bridge is tricky. Its a pretty steep grade and full of mud and sand. I ended up just getting in my canoe and slidding down the hill into the water. Thats a good way to flip so take a friend and you could rope your boat down much easier. The take out at Grants Mill is alot nicer. It has a nice gravel parking lot and a concrete ramp down to the river with a concrete docking pad in the water. You NEED to go look at the take out before you go on your trip though. The take out is nice but its positioned weirdly. You come down river to it after your last rapid and if the water is up or moving along well then you really have to back paddle to make the docking pad. Also if you miss the pad the current picks up dead even with the pad and will take you on down river before you realize it. Just check the weather and the USGS sites for the water level and better yet go look a... |
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